Defence V Defense

[globaleagle]

Thank you .... mea culpa .... what has confused me on the issue is spell check ... and that idiotic nonsense called "American English" on most computors ......my natural intinct was always to type s but was corrected that often I began to question my own lack of education ....

"computers"

Though I believe your typing of "intinct" was just accidental.

And... 😛

And and 🙂

And and and you can change the version of spell check on computers to British English if so desired.

 

[globaleagle]

"Alright already!"

"I could care less!"

 

[globaleagle]

My spelling is ****ed anyway, so if I misspell something just ignore it !!

Sorry @globaleagle i know you hate that.

It's ok.

I make exceptions for the aged. 😉

Now I limit myself to fixing thread titles; mainly if it is a players name spelt (spelled - sheesh) incorrectly.

Oh and Mr Woodsie's indiscretions because he loves it so much.

Post Script: Awesome footy thread...?

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Can we please get the spelling of this word right. In Australia we use defence Not the American version defense.

When you defend the way Qld did the other night it's all a bit of a mute point.

 

[Woodsie]

And and and you can change the version of spell check on computers to British English if so desired.

The use of the term American English has always raised my ire .... it is just English you morons .... that your ignorance of ... has Americanised .....

 

[Dan]

Umm that's not American, it's noun vs verb

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

When you defend the way Qld did the other night it's all a bit of a mute point.

While we're being pedantic, you mean "moot point", don't you?

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Umm that's not American, it's noun vs verb

Except Americans generally use the same spellings ("license", "practise", for example) for noun and verb forms.
Rugby league, eh?

 

[MuzztheEagle]

The use of the term American English has always raised my ire .... it is just English you morons .... that your ignorance of ... has Americanised .....

..and why can't I download an English (Scottish) or English (Yorkshire) dictionary for my browser? Surely that would be more fun.

 

[The better Robbo]

@The better Robbo I am pretty sure I read one of your posts the other day in which you kept saying "defencive" or something similar. Even if you spell it "defence", it still becomes an s in other permutations of the word.

Yes if i was writing defencive it may very well have been a spell check error on my phone

 

[G-land Express]

Can we please get the spelling of this word right. In Australia we use defence Not the American version defense. This also goes for licence not license. Just had to clear this up, it annoys the hell out of me 🙂 the only thing more annoying is not hearing the reporters question in the post match press conference. *Note that when writing defensive the 's' is used.

While we're at it can we also get the pronunciation right. It's defence as in de..fence not defense as in deeeee...fence (basketball commentary style) 🙂

 

[globaleagle]

While we're being pedantic, you mean "moot point", don't you?

I think that was the reason for the wink.

 

[The better Robbo]

Umm that's not American, it's noun vs verb

So you spell licence with an s? Google it

 

[manlyfan76]

Except Americans generally use the same spellings ("license", "practise", for example) for noun and verb forms.
Rugby league, eh?

There are 422 million South Americans and 550million north Americans. Most of them have English as a second language.

 

[KNUCKLES]

Im confused now lol

America is a continent. United States is the country. I'm guessing that's what was meant?

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

One that really sticks out for me watching the league shows is using done instead if did, never notice it over here

So many of them say “he done well” etc when describing something

 

[manlyfan76]

America is a continent. United States is the country. I'm guessing that's what was meant?

Not really.
South America is a continent.
North America is a continent.
The United States of America is a country (and a business for the conspiracy theoriest).

 

[Mal Cochrane]

Everythink will be ok as long as we don’t loose this weekend

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

One that really sticks out for me watching the league shows is using done instead if did, never notice it over here

So many of them say “he done well” etc when describing something

And 'them guys' instead of those guys. I don't know why but every time I hear it I think, c'mon, how hard is it to say those guys! lol

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Everythink will be ok as long as we don’t loose this weekend

It'd really suck if we got beaten by a split infinitive.